In response to student ask, Sacred Heart University in Farifield is computing a master of public health program with a transgression 2018 open -- and planned director Anna Greer couldn't be more pleased .
" I'm unusually energized about it ," supposed Greer, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart since 2011 and chairman of the undergraduate planned administrator in exercise science." We have a growing number of students who are interested in going a graduate degree in public health, but they've been going to other schools to do so ."
In addition to the field of practice science or kinesiology, students prosecuting the "bachelors degree" in public health will be introduced to public health hypothesis, program planning, society health developing, grant writing, epidemiology and biostatistics, state administration and moralities, according to Greer. The 48 -credit curriculum can be completed in two years by full-time students and is too is accessible to part-time students .
Adding such graduate platforms at SHU implies a multistage overture process that will cover vetting by department across a number of penalties , not all related to health disciplines .
" The one question that is frequently queried is,' What is the need for a programme designed ?'" Greer mentioned." We look to see if there's a spread in what we already offer and gauge whether enough people are interested in it. The university has been very successful at replenishing those needs ."
Having received the university's approval, the masters' platform now must be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, an independent authority recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit academies of public health and public health curricula outside academies of public health. Sacred Heart will submit an application to begin that process abruptly, Greer answered .
Candidates for the alumnu curriculum must have a bachelor's degree in any major from a four-year accredited university with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Additionally, they must have earned a C tier or higher in college-level pre-calculus, statistics and sociology or psychology .
" I want to build a program that facilitates the development of other qualified public health professionals committed to and elicited about improving community health ," said Greer. She estimated that the initial class will be incorporated in 15 to 20 students, and said the search for three core faculty members should be underway by this autumn .